Kumla Prison
 Kumla Prison, mid-1970s. | |
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| Location | Kumla, Örebro County, Sweden |
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| Coordinates | 59°07′08.63″N 15°07′38.70″E / 59.1190639°N 15.1274167°ECoordinates: 59°07′08.63″N 15°07′38.70″E / 59.1190639°N 15.1274167°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 420[1] |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Managed by | Swedish Prison and Probation Service |
| Warden | Kenneth Gustafsson |
Kumla Prison (Swedish: Anstalten Kumla) is a prison facility in Kumla Municipality, Sweden. It was opened in 1965 and is Sweden's biggest prison. Kumla is one of three high security prisons in Sweden holding risk inmates (security class 1). On March 18, 2009, a new supermax facility was opened inside the Kumla Prison.[2]
Notable inmates[]
- Jackie Arklov
- Clark Olofsson
- Christer Pettersson
- Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt
- Rakhmat Akilov
- John Ausonius
- Stig Bergling
- Helge Fossmo
- Daniel Maiorana
- Mijailo Mijailović
- Jon Nödtveidt
- Tony Olsson
- Rahmi Sahindal
- Tommy Zethraeus
- Miro Barešić
References[]
- ^ http://www.kriminalvarden.se/hitta-och-kontakta/verksamhet/anstalt/kumla/ March 19, 2017 (Swedish)
- ^ Särskilt hög säkerhet The prison is no longer in use by the swedish law.Archived 2013-04-18 at archive.today, Kriminalvården press release, March 18, 2009.(Swedish)
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